RCP: Cherokee Purple Tomato BLT with Apple Wood-Smoked Bacon
Posted: Sat Jun 22, 2013 2:06 pm
From the Kendall Jackson Culinary Team
This was one of the best BLT's I've had. The Cherokee Purple Tomatoes were prime. Plus the mayo, hot paprika combo was very nice.
1/2 cup mayonnaise
1 tsp hot pimentõn
2 cups baby arugula or mixed greens
1 tablespoon evoo
8 slices sourdough bread, toasted
2 Cherokee Purple heirloom tomatoes, or other large red, or black heirloom tomatoes, sliced
Sea salt to taste
8 ounces apple wood smoked bacon, cooked until crisp
4 ounces dry jack or semi dry jach cheese such as Vella Mezzo Secco, shaved or thinly sliced
Wine Pairing: Syrah
Whisk mayonnaise and pimentõn together.
Gently toss salad greens with evoo to coat
Spread 1 Tbs. mayo over each slice of toast. Layer 4 of the toast slices with the tomatoes, a pinch of salt, bacon, cheese and dressed argula. Top with remaining toast slices.
Serves 4
My notes: used Best Foods mayonnaise, and added the paprika to my taste
I had Half-Sharp Paprika on hand and used that
I did not dress the lettuce, used purple leaf lettuce
I used Danish Havarti with Caraway Seeds, sliced very thin
This was one of the best BLT's I've had. The Cherokee Purple Tomatoes were prime. Plus the mayo, hot paprika combo was very nice.
1/2 cup mayonnaise
1 tsp hot pimentõn
2 cups baby arugula or mixed greens
1 tablespoon evoo
8 slices sourdough bread, toasted
2 Cherokee Purple heirloom tomatoes, or other large red, or black heirloom tomatoes, sliced
Sea salt to taste
8 ounces apple wood smoked bacon, cooked until crisp
4 ounces dry jack or semi dry jach cheese such as Vella Mezzo Secco, shaved or thinly sliced
Wine Pairing: Syrah
Whisk mayonnaise and pimentõn together.
Gently toss salad greens with evoo to coat
Spread 1 Tbs. mayo over each slice of toast. Layer 4 of the toast slices with the tomatoes, a pinch of salt, bacon, cheese and dressed argula. Top with remaining toast slices.
Serves 4
My notes: used Best Foods mayonnaise, and added the paprika to my taste
I had Half-Sharp Paprika on hand and used that
I did not dress the lettuce, used purple leaf lettuce
I used Danish Havarti with Caraway Seeds, sliced very thin